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Hey, been reading through since I saw your ads on VGcats and BnG. I must say that Biff has become a hit with me immeadiatly and I think that this is a favorite. I like rubber band balls and black holes, in different respects of course, but I would also like to point out that in the 70’s, scientists accedentaly created a miniature black hole of a negligable gravity well. They’re pretty sure that it won’t collide with the earth and suck it up.
Actually, a black hole that small would evaporate instantly due to the Hawking radiation, effectively destroying it (and the rubber bands it contained).
Oh, by the way, the radiation will also roast Biff. I just wish I could say it’s the first time….
New fan here! I’ve seen the banners on Fanboys all the time, and finally decided to click one. Now I’ve “read” about 100 of them, and I’m hooked. The humor ranges from being innocent and oddly nostalgic to just plum silly. Excellent work, Chris.
It actually *is* possible to generate a miniature black hole, given a powerful enough supercollider. However, as was noted above, such an infintesmally small black hole will be basurdly unstable and explode in a blast of high-yield radiation pretty much instantly.
“Fireballs” that looks suspiciously like such quantum black holes going off have been observed, in fact.
Hopefully we won’t find a key to switching the universe to a lower-energy state in the process of all this. That’d suck, even if it’d be over before anyone was even aware of it.
Don’t no why I decided to mark here, but I started out from a link at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. And I have to say, I rather like this Biff guy.
Elkian, the death of a large star is an either/or thing. It either becomes a neutron star or, if it is massive enough, it turns into a black hole. Neutron stars don’t become black holes.
I need a life.
Sean: Greetings. I have always wondered who the other SMBC fan was.
I was originally going to just say “Don’t you hate it when that happens?”, but it would be dumb now.
Torg, I shall say it for you. Don’t you just hate it when that happens? Anyway, that must have been a super massive rubber band ball. Was he trying for a new world record?
There’s a reason there haven’t been any new biggest rubber band balls! They reach a point where their combined mass causes them to collapse, increasing their density and their gravity geometrically. Until, suddenly, they collapse into a small black hole and explode, killing everything nearby. That’s what happened in San Francisco back in 1902! They just covered it up by saying it was an earthquake!
Remember, Biff is an inventor. These were high-gravity rubber bands that he had invented for the purpose of shooting at his opponents. Not only would his opponent get hit with the rubber band, but also all the objects along its path that had been caught in its gravitational field. Biff just made the mistake (?) of making a rubber band ball out of these rubber bands.
@Chris: The inside of a black hole is anything but black, in passing the event horizon, (if you were still alive, maybe you fell into a super-massive black hole) you would se a huge flash of light from the photons failing to escape
December 8th, 2006 at 7:20 pm
I swear I have a friend who’s done that before.
January 3rd, 2007 at 9:35 pm
No you dont, you have a black hole, who used to be a friend, that’s done that before.
January 10th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Hey, been reading through since I saw your ads on VGcats and BnG. I must say that Biff has become a hit with me immeadiatly and I think that this is a favorite. I like rubber band balls and black holes, in different respects of course, but I would also like to point out that in the 70’s, scientists accedentaly created a miniature black hole of a negligable gravity well. They’re pretty sure that it won’t collide with the earth and suck it up.
They’re pretty sure….
January 10th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Thanks Harlequin, I’ll think of you as we’re all pulled into the inky blackness.
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:59 am
I’ve got a Rubber Band Ball the size of a Basketball, I can friggin’ break bones with it.
January 27th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
akwardly, whilst reading this comic the titanic song came on (im flying jack) on the telly in the living room…
February 7th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
And biff destroys the planet once more.
April 10th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
More giant explosions! YAY!
April 11th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Implosion*
May 5th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
biff matches what i’m wearing right now!
May 12th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
You say the creation of the small black hole was an accident but now we can actually create them at will.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:19 am
why is the black hole yellow?
May 25th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
apathetic: Why not? And, given your name, why do you cere? O.o;
June 4th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Actually, a black hole that small would evaporate instantly due to the Hawking radiation, effectively destroying it (and the rubber bands it contained).
Oh, by the way, the radiation will also roast Biff. I just wish I could say it’s the first time….
June 5th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
The yellow is light being sucked into the blackness.
June 20th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
What is it with Biff and warping gravitational fields?
July 10th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
The source of sideways gravity perhaps?
July 10th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
New fan here! I’ve seen the banners on Fanboys all the time, and finally decided to click one. Now I’ve “read” about 100 of them, and I’m hooked. The humor ranges from being innocent and oddly nostalgic to just plum silly. Excellent work, Chris.
What does gravity have against poor Biff, anyway?
July 14th, 2007 at 11:46 am
That thing about scientists creating a black hole isn’t true!
August 17th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
I
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Hoboapple, please tell me you’re joking. You didn’t seriously think harlequin was being serious.
October 16th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
The yellow light marks the event horizon *wise nod* I’m more curious as to the apparently random screw…
October 19th, 2007 at 3:53 am
It actually *is* possible to generate a miniature black hole, given a powerful enough supercollider. However, as was noted above, such an infintesmally small black hole will be basurdly unstable and explode in a blast of high-yield radiation pretty much instantly.
“Fireballs” that looks suspiciously like such quantum black holes going off have been observed, in fact.
Hopefully we won’t find a key to switching the universe to a lower-energy state in the process of all this. That’d suck, even if it’d be over before anyone was even aware of it.
December 23rd, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Wouldn’t it have to be a neutron star first?
January 16th, 2008 at 12:30 am
Don’t no why I decided to mark here, but I started out from a link at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. And I have to say, I rather like this Biff guy.
June 4th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Elkian, the death of a large star is an either/or thing. It either becomes a neutron star or, if it is massive enough, it turns into a black hole. Neutron stars don’t become black holes.
I need a life.
Sean: Greetings. I have always wondered who the other SMBC fan was.
I was originally going to just say “Don’t you hate it when that happens?”, but it would be dumb now.
June 24th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Torg, I shall say it for you. Don’t you just hate it when that happens? Anyway, that must have been a super massive rubber band ball. Was he trying for a new world record?
June 25th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Evil mad scientists only wish they could plan what Biff does by accident.
August 12th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
this comic reminds me of David Brin’s book Earth. Sean and Torg, I like Smbc, too!
December 21st, 2008 at 1:57 am
Just reading the coments here, all I can think of is the Large Hadron Collider…
January 13th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
There’s a reason there haven’t been any new biggest rubber band balls! They reach a point where their combined mass causes them to collapse, increasing their density and their gravity geometrically. Until, suddenly, they collapse into a small black hole and explode, killing everything nearby. That’s what happened in San Francisco back in 1902! They just covered it up by saying it was an earthquake!
July 24th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Words fail me. You’re a comic genius Mr. Hallbeck.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Remember, Biff is an inventor. These were high-gravity rubber bands that he had invented for the purpose of shooting at his opponents. Not only would his opponent get hit with the rubber band, but also all the objects along its path that had been caught in its gravitational field. Biff just made the mistake (?) of making a rubber band ball out of these rubber bands.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:06 am
@Chris: The inside of a black hole is anything but black, in passing the event horizon, (if you were still alive, maybe you fell into a super-massive black hole) you would se a huge flash of light from the photons failing to escape
February 27th, 2010 at 5:41 am
Yikes make one blackhole joke and everyone goes science on you